Oil & gas wells in Montgomery County, KY
73 catalogued wells in Montgomery County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Montgomery County, Kentucky has 73 catalogued oil & gas wells: 8 active (11%), 50 plugged & abandoned (68%) and 6 documented orphans. It ranks 78th of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
73
Active
8
Plugged
50
Documented orphans
6
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Montgomery County?
11% of Montgomery County's wells are active, 16 percentage points below the Kentucky share of 27%. 68% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 6 wells (8%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 9 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Montgomery County?
By product class, 13 of the county's wells (18%) are oil wells, 9 (12%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 25% and the gas share 15%. The deepest total depth published for a Montgomery County well is 4,481 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 92% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Montgomery County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Montgomery County has the 78th-most catalogued wells of the 90 Kentucky counties with at least 25. The median Kentucky county on WellCensus has 941 wells. The largest, Ohio County, has 11,631. By documented orphans it ranks 75th in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Montgomery County?
24 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Montgomery County. 97% of the county's wells carry a link to a canonical operator profile; the rest list no operator or a name not yet resolved. Each well's page names its operator where the state publishes one.
Wells in Montgomery County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vivian, Virgil 1 | 16-173-00002 | Orphaned | Oil | Yaden, Donnie G |
| Powell, Garnett 1 | 16-173-00003 | Orphaned | Gas | Bowie Oil & Gas Co |
| Ratliff & Oldfield ? | 16-173-00010 | Other status | Other type | Hanson Oil Co |
| Moore, Farm 146 | 16-173-00008 | Other status | Other type | Kentucky Gas Transmission Corp |
| Potter, Alvery 16-1 | 16-173-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ferguson & Bosworth |
| Howard, Cleatis 1p | 16-173-00038 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Howard, Cleatis |
| Trimble, Russell 1 | 16-173-00046 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bell Crude Oil |
| Gatewood, Robert 1 | 16-173-00035 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Faulkner Drilling Co, Inc |
| Mann, Garland 1 | 16-173-00027 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kit Development Corp |
| Three Y Corp 1 | 16-173-00044 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Faulkner Drilling Co, Inc |
| Three Y Corp 1 | 16-173-00043 | Other status | Other type | Faulkner Drilling Co, Inc |
| Greenway, Gerald 1 | 16-173-00037 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Faulkner Drilling Co, Inc |
| Powell, Hazel 1 | 16-173-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Reeter Enterprises, Inc |
| Cline, James 1 | 16-173-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Reeter Enterprises, Inc |
| Trent, Elmer 1 | 16-173-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Reeter Enterprises, Inc |
| Cox, Eyvind 2 | 16-173-00017 | Other status | Other type | Maven, Inc |
| Oldfield & Ratliff 1 | 16-173-00041 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Breckinridge Minerals, Inc |
| Cox, Eyvind 1 | 16-173-00005 | Orphaned | Other type | Maven, Inc |
| Cox, Eyvind 3 | 16-173-00006 | Orphaned | Other type | Maven, Inc |
| Greenwade, John Jr 1 | 16-173-00036 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Faulkner Drilling Co, Inc |
| Hutson, James H Ck140 | 16-173-00051 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Central Kentucky Natural Gas Co |
| Ison, Floyd 1 | 16-173-00039 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Faulkner Drilling Co, Inc |
| Trimble, Russell 1 | 16-173-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Newton Shoemaker, Inc |
| Trimble, Russell 3 | 16-173-00026 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Newton Shoemaker, Inc |
| Trimble, Russell 2 | 16-173-00014 | Other status | Other type | Newton Shoemaker, Inc |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 73 in search → (filter by operator, status and type, then export), or find a specific well on the live map.
Frequently asked questions
How many oil and gas wells are in Montgomery County, KY?
Montgomery County, Kentucky has 73 catalogued oil & gas wells: 8 active, 50 plugged and 6 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Montgomery County?
6 wells in Montgomery County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 75th-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Montgomery County are plugged?
50 of Montgomery County's 73 catalogued wells (68%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 39% across Kentucky.
Which Kentucky county has the most oil and gas wells?
Ohio County has the most catalogued wells of any Kentucky county on WellCensus (11,631); Montgomery County ranks 78th with 73.
How many companies operate wells in Montgomery County?
24 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Montgomery County, Kentucky.
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About this data
Source: Kentucky Geological Survey well registry, plus the USGS United States Documented Orphaned Well Database (2026, doi 10.5066/P13FHBYG), as published October 10, 2026 — WellCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: WellCensus, “Oil & gas wells in Montgomery County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/montgomery (data as of October 10, 2026).